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Mark Pocan: “It repeals requirements for federally funded projects to…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 42:35

It allows bosses to eliminate contracts midterm. The whole idea of a contract is a contract, and it would allow you to overturn those, essentially making unions far less able to protect workers. It repeals requirements for federally funded projects to have project labor agreements and pay the prevailing wage in the region. This is a big one because that's part of what we did with the Inflation Reduction act. (42:35–42:44)

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